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Parrott making another petition push
timr@herald-mail.comFor a quick primer on how government-by-petition works out, look to the west. California adopted a form of direct democracy in 1911 and the truly incredible thing is that for the next 67 years, the people used a remarkable degree of restraint. The year...Tags: Polls, Justice System, Crime, Law and Justice, Illegal Immigrants, Career and Workplace
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Alaska Coastal Zone Management Initiative Gets Hearing
Channel 2 NewsA ballot initiative aimed at giving Alaskans a voice when it comes to coastal zone management was heard by a joint state judiciary committee on Monday. Alaska's last coastal zone management program expired last year. Supporters of a ballot initiative...Tags: Politics, Voting, Elections
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Small Carroll County town wants a recall option
In the quaint town of New Windsor, officials have sold the municipal ball fields to a cement company, purchased a dilapidated inn with taxpayer money for development that hasn't happened and stuck residents with the bill for a nearly $5 million wastewater...Tags: Gays and Lesbians, Plant Openings, Baltimore County, Local Government, Bank of America Corp.
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Residents seek to intervene in city charter lawsuit [Corrected]
Deadlines are deadlines — that's the edict two longtime Costa Mesa residents have chosen to uphold by intervening in litigation over whether their city's ballot initiative should be permitted despite being filed a day late, according to court...Tags: Local Elections, Laws, Justice System, Politics, Lawyers
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Costa Mesa sues county over ballot measure
The Orange County Registrar of Voters should put Costa Mesa's city charter initiative on the June ballot because officials thought they had met the submission deadline, attorneys for the city argue in court documents. Richard Grabowski, outside counsel...Tags: Justice System, Crime, Law and Justice, Orange County Superior Court, Trials, Judges
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Idaho ponders first felony animal abuse penalties
BOISE, Idaho (AP) — For a decade Jeff Rosenthal has campaigned to toughen the consequences for people who neglect, abuse and torture animals in Idaho. And for just as long, the director of the Idaho Humane Society has received the legislative...Tags: Justice System, Crime, Law and Justice, Idaho Legislature, Pets, Justice and Rights
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State Sen. Carol Liu warns of education funding cuts, budget quagmire
State Sen. Carol Liu could do little to assuage fears about funding cuts during a recent address to local education officials, describing them as “heartbreaking.”
She also warned of competing November ballot tax initiatives that could end up...Tags: Economy, Business and Finance, Jerry Brown, Politics, Voting, Finance
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